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Where Were You When xxxxx Happened? Living Through a Historical Moment

Where Were You When xxxxx Happened? Living Through a Historical Moment

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Do you remember where you were/what you were doing when the following events occurred? The Twin Towers-9/11 disaster The Space Shuttle Challenger Exploded Hostages were taken from the Iranian Embassy Watergate The Kennedy Assassination I could go on and on.  The point is – these were defining moments in many of our memories.  For the most part, they revolved around tragedy or something “bad” that happened in our lives – or as a “benchmark” of our collective history.  That’s how…

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Staying at Home During the Pandemic: Filling the Hours

Staying at Home During the Pandemic: Filling the Hours

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As the weeks drag on and our forced home confinement continues, I find that the family is going deeper and deeper down the well of madness when it comes to home projects and chores. Oh, at first, it started out as the normal stuff.  Our days were filled with adjusting to working from home,  participating in online classes, family dinners (with a full table), and evenings spent perusing the collected video catalogs of Netflix, Hulu, and Disney +. Projects that…

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It’s a Strange, New World: Learning to Embrace It

It’s a Strange, New World: Learning to Embrace It

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My, what a difference a month makes.  Although it seems like an eternity now, just a mere thirty days ago, my household had different priorities.  We were planning college visits, working on summer vacation plans, and riding out an unusually mild winter. Now we’re hunkered down, seeing our schedules free up on a daily basis (as more and more activities get delayed or canceled), and a family unit that was starting to go their separate ways has now been placed…

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So You’re Stuck at Home, Huh? Don’t Worry, There’s Plenty To Do

So You’re Stuck at Home, Huh? Don’t Worry, There’s Plenty To Do

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As the coronavirus continues to spread and lock-downs are becoming more and more stringent, you’ve probably got a house full of people that are cooped up and getting restless. “There’s nothing to do!” That’s a common chorus I’m hearing in my household. On the contrary, there are plenty of things to keep one’s mind and body occupied. For example, we’ve started a 2000-piece puzzle, which is now taking up space on the dining room table. I’ve got a plot in…

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Pandemic Panic: The Grocery Edition

Pandemic Panic: The Grocery Edition

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So I head out to do my weekly shopping this past Friday at my local grocery store (it starts with “M” and rhymes with “Fartin’s”), naïve as to the scenes that would soon present themselves to me.  Much to my surprise and dismay, the general public, whipped up into a coronavirus frenzy, had hit the shelves of my local store like it was the Lord’s eighth plague against Egypt (yes, that would be locusts). What’s wrong with you people?  Honestly?…

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